Middle English Dictionary Entry
cripte n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cripte n. Also cript. |
| Etymology | L crypta |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A grotto; an underground chamber.
Associated quotations
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)129.19 (v.2:p.337) : This blyssid Steuene seyde messis and kept hys consultacyouns, and tawt and baptisyd meche peple in dyueres placis priuyly, as in martyris criptis and cauys and cimitorijs.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)5.307 : The revelacion of the cripte [Trev.: den] of Seynte Michael in the mownte Gargan was made in the iiij c yere xcij of Criste.